Le juge fédéral rejette la requête en rejet de Dapper Labs

• Dapper Labs a 21 jours pour répondre à la décision.
• Il y a eu une conversation croissante sur ce que les actifs numériques sont qualifiés de titres.

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Un juge fédéral gouverné on Wednesday that Dapper Lab’s “NBA Top Shot Moments” qualify as securities as they meet the criteria under the United States security law. Judge Victor Marrero denied Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou’s request to dismiss a class action lawsuit claiming that the company’s NBA Top Shot NFTs are securities.

La poursuite, qui a été déposée il y a un an et demi, affirme que Gharegozlu et Dapper Labs ont offert leur collection NFT sans s'inscrire au préalable auprès de la Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) des États-Unis, violant ainsi la loi fédérale sur les valeurs mobilières.

By denying Dapper Labs’ dismissal motion, Judge Marrero authorized the case to proceed. According to the court documents, the judge reviewed the Howey Test to assess if the NFTs met the criteria for an investment contract covered by U.S. securities laws before reaching a decision.

“The Court finds that Plaintiffs’ allegations render each consideration under Howey facially plausible and survive Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss the alleged violation of Sections 5 and 12 of the Securities Act,” the ruling read.

Judge Marreo ruled that Dapper Labs’ FLOW tokens, though not necessarily securities themselves, are “necessary to the totality of the scheme at issue.” The federal judge noted that “without FLOW tokens, no transactions on the Flow Blockchain can be validated.”

The ruling added that the “Proof-of-Stake’ mechanism employed by the Flow Blockchain requires FLOW to power it and incentivize miners to validate transactions. In that respect, FLOW’s utility creates value for Moments through the network’s consensus as to ownership and the price of each transaction.”

Judge Marreo, however, noted that “not all NFTs offered or sold by any company will constitute a security, and each scheme must be assessed on a case-by-case basis.” 

Explaining Dapper Labs’ peculiarity, the ruling said,

C'est le schéma particulier par lequel Dapper Labs propose des Moments qui créent la relation juridique suffisante entre investisseurs et promoteur pour établir un contrat d'investissement, et ceci une sécurité, sous Howey.

Reacting to the ruling, a Dapper Labs spokesperson noted that Wednesday’s decision “only denied the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.” The spokesperson claimed the ruling “did not conclude the plaintiffs were right, and it is not a final ruling on the merits of the case.”

Judge Marreo’s ruling is part of a larger discussion concerning whether different digital assets should be classified as securities. Earlier this month, the SECONDE a annoncé qu'il avait conclu un règlement de $30 millions avec l'échange de crypto-monnaie Kraken sur ses services de jalonnement. Le gouvernement américain étudie également les conseillers en investissement traditionnels de Wall Street qui assurent la garde des clients des actifs numériques sans être dûment agréés.

Dapper Labs a 21 jours pour répondre à la décision.

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